Tuesday’s Headlines: The City that Now Sleeps a Lot Edition
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A curfew went into effect, and one Brooklyn cop called the NYPD a "shit system." It's all in today's headlines.
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Advocates, Pols to Mayor: Defund the NYPD Now
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"If police budgets bought peace, the $6 billion NYPD budget would’ve bought the most sophisticated de-escalatory operation in the world," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday. "Clearly, it didn't."
BREAKING: Mayor Admits He Failed to Properly Express Outrage to Cops Using Squad Cars as Battering Rams
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It took more than a day and a half, but Mayor de Blasio finally and clearly condemned the actions of several police officers who drove their squad cars into crowds of protesters.
Monday’s Headlines: Show of Force Edition
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It was a terrible weekend for New York and its mayor. Plus all the other news.
‘Mad as Hell’: Mayor Edits Statement By Minority Leaders, Silencing Their ‘Narrative’
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Hizzoner left out two key sentences that framed the full events of Saturday night in the context of the minority community's seemingly endless fight for basic human rights.
Mayor Promises to Investigate Police Use of Deadly Force — As Police Commissioner Vows Counter Investigation Against Protesters
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The mayor and NYPD move quickly to show they are taking police violence seriously — but they also blamed protesters.